El precio de la sangre
Subtitle: Tugüy Ñeë Repy : estudio de la cultura y el control social entre los avá-guaraní
By: Miguel Chase-Sardi.
Contributors: Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. Centro de Estudios Antropológicos.
Series: Biblioteca paraguaya de antropología ;; v. 14
Publisher: Centro de Estudios Antropológicos, Universidad Católica
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Asunción
Language: spa; grn
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: Chiripá Indians -- Social conditions.; Chiripá Indians -- Politics and government.; Chiripá Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.
Description: "Provides ethnographic description of Ava-Guaraní (Paraguay) folk legal practices and mechanisms for social control. Particular emphasis is on revenge and the administration of justice. Describes  role and functioning of the communal assemblies. Includes questionnaire for research on folk law including areas of justice, property inheritance, and leadership"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-363).
Includes some text in Guarani and Spanish.